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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who currently lives in the house on Kabir Street?
(a) Just Nataraj.
(b) Nataraj, his wife, and son Babu.
(c) A famous elephant trainer.
(d) The owners of the Star.

2. Why does Nataraj feel silly in Mempi?
(a) Vasu kept telling everyone what an excellent landlord he was.
(b) He hadn't planned on being gone, so he had no buttons for his shirt and no money to buy food.
(c) Everyone else there was a hunter.
(d) He knew nothing about tigers.

3. Nataraj denies that Vasu is a tenant, but claims he is what?
(a) A demon.
(b) An invader.
(c) A murderer.
(d) A friend.

4. How much room does Nataraj need for his printing press?
(a) He can just squeeze everything into the place he has.
(b) A shop downtown with three rooms.
(c) He uses the back wall of his home where he can line up the machines.
(d) The back room of the place he owns.

5. What makes Vasu change and become soft and agreeable?
(a) When Nataraj threatens to evict him.
(b) When everyone compliments him.
(c) The presence of women.
(d) The presence of an official.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the lawyer say when Nataraj suggests they use the money he is owed to pay the court fees?

2. How does Nataraj feel about having the taxidermy business upstairs?

3. How is Vasu at keeping his appointment?

4. How did Kumar come to Mempi?

5. Is Vasu Nataraj's tenant?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is in the second brown envelope that arrives for Nataraj and who is it from? What does he promise in response to it?

2. How does Nataraj feel about Vasu living in the attic as he observes him practicing his profession? Why?

3. What does Vasu receive in the mail from the forestry department, and what is his reaction to it?

4. Describe the business that Nataraj runs.

5. How are the relationships Nataraj has with the people around him?

6. How does Nataraj end up on a long day trip with no money and with a client waiting in his press?

7. What is the financial situation between Nataraj and the adjournment lawyer?

8. What happens when the forestry officer comes to the press looking for Vasu?

9. How do Sen and Vasu get along?

10. Who is Rangi, and how do Sastri and Nataraj cross paths with her? What does Nataraj surmise when he starts seeing her?

(see the answer keys)

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